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No. Lighting produces a flash. Thunder is the sound the lightning produces.
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What is the sound following the flash of lighting?
Thunder.
How is thunder produced and how far away does the lightning strikes if the thunder is heard 15 seconds after the lightning is seen?
Thunder - is the result of a lightning flash. The flash causes the surrounding air to move away from the source at 300 metres/second. An approximate calculation for the relationship between the lightning flash to hearing the thunder, is 5 seconds per mile.
Why are you hearing thundering after lightning?
A lightning flash travels at the speed of light. The sound of thunder travels much slower. Therefore, we see the flash before we hear the thunder.
What is the The loud crashing noise heard after a flash of lightning?
Thunder
Is thunder visible?
Thunder isn't visible. It is the sound produced by lighting. Lighting is visible either as a bolt or a flash of light.
The sound of a flash of lightening?
thunder
What is The loud crashing or rumbling noise heard after a flash of lightning?
Thunder
Why would you have to watch out if the flash of lighting and the sound of thunder seemed to occur together?
The closer together the flash and thunder occur, the nearer the storm is to you.
What is a flash of lightning and the thunder that follows?
thunderstorm
What is the sound following the flash of lighting?
Thunder.
What is flash of lightning and the thunder that follows?
thunderstorm
Why do sometimes hear thunder at about the same time you see flash of lightning but other times you hear thunder after the flash?
If you hear the thunder almost at the same time as the lightning flash - the storm is directly overhead. Usually - the sound of thunder arrives a few seconds after the lightning, because light travels much faster than sound.
How is thunder produced and how far away does the lightning strikes if the thunder is heard 15 seconds after the lightning is seen?
Thunder - is the result of a lightning flash. The flash causes the surrounding air to move away from the source at 300 metres/second. An approximate calculation for the relationship between the lightning flash to hearing the thunder, is 5 seconds per mile.
Why are you hearing thundering after lightning?
A lightning flash travels at the speed of light. The sound of thunder travels much slower. Therefore, we see the flash before we hear the thunder.
What is the The loud crashing noise heard after a flash of lightning?
Thunder
What does it mean if you see a flash of thunder and clap of thunder at almost the exact same time?
It means your too close to the lightning!
Is thunder visible?
Thunder isn't visible. It is the sound produced by lighting. Lighting is visible either as a bolt or a flash of light.
